karvė

See also: karve

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-weh₂, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, top; horn”), with an irregular depalatalization of the *ḱ. Cognate with Old Prussian curwis (“ox”), Proto-Slavic *korva (“cow”), English hart; see the Proto-Slavic for more on the phonetic development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [¹ˈkɑˑrʲʋʲeː]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑrʲʋʲeː
• Syllabification: kár‧vė

Noun

kárvė f (plural kárvės) stress pattern 1

1. cow
2. (figuratively) a slow person or animal

Declension

Declension of kárvė

	singular	plural
nominative	kárvė	kárvės
genitive	kárvės	kárvių
dative	kárvei	kárvėms
accusative	kárvę	kárves
instrumental	kárve	kárvėmis
locative	kárvėje	kárvėse
vocative	kárve	kárvės